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one afternoon with Alice Cooper

Okay this one's crazy - not just for the fact for what I now have on the trading block, but for the way it happened. I just got a phone call about this. I said yes on the spot.

The person who lives in the other half of Jody Gnant's duplex in Phoenix is named Leslie. Leslie pays rent on her half of the duplex. Leslie had an idea on how to not pay rent for one year in her duplex. Leslie works at Alice Cooper's restaurant in Phoenix, Alice Cooper'stown. Leslie didn’t have anything to trade but had a valuable resource - her boss! She asked Alice Cooper if he would help her get free rent for one year. She told him her idea. Alice Cooper listened. Alice Cooper was honored to help out one of his staff in such an awesome way, and jumped at the chance.

And that's how it played out. Alice Cooper agreed to spend an afternoon with a fan so that Leslie can get one year of free rent. Yes, as far as Leslie and I are concerned, Alice Cooper is pretty much the coolest living legend/restaurant owner of all time.

“one afternoon with Alice Cooper” includes:

-one afternoon with Alice Cooper.

One of a variety of activities is possible: golfing, songwriting, jamming, hanging out, dining, Alice's courtesy laughs at your clever "We're not worthy's" ... the sky's the limit. Maybe he'll even invite you to hang out with him on his radio show in Phoenix or chill backstage at a show....it really depends on whether you meet up with Alice in Phoenix or meet him on one of his days off while he's on the road for his upcoming tour!

So that's how it is: Leslie now has one year of free rent in her duplex (well, actually, she has to move to the other half of the duplex - I really think we should hold her to it.), and I now have one afternoon with Alice Cooper. Now I'm a huge Alice Cooper fan, and would love nothing more than spend an afternoon boring him silly with my favorite Milwaukee-related lines from Wayne's World, but I pledged to keep making trades until I get up to a house. And "one afternoon with Alice Cooper" isn't a house, so I've gotta make a trade!

THE PROMO "EVENING" WITH ALICE COOPER:

Yeah, I can't believe it either.

Big thanks to the combined force of a packed Fargo house and Alice Cooper for making one red paperclip rock harder than I'm sure any of us ever imagined. Tonight was insane. A balloon was filled with blood. It exploded all over the crowd. I "never saw it coming." I then got hosed off stage by a giant stream of blood. The giant red paperclip got ripped to shreds by the crowd. 20/20 from ABC caught the whole thing on tape. I then autographed pieces of giant red paperclip. None of this has ever happened before. To me at least.

I think this was an even trade. Alice Cooper is cool, but a year of free rent is worth a lot. I think your house is still a few trades off. Per charlotte's post, After your final trade, you need to buy a box of red paperclips and see if you can trade for a house immediately.

You know what you could do--keep the visibility up enough and if any graduate admissions department has any amount of foresight (which is questionable), they might offer you an MBA! Or at least fund the tuition. But don't worry about all the work--after all, you're not in this for an MBA, Kyle--you're in it for a house. Just make sure that whoever trades with you is just as welcome in that astute university as you are...

This is the perfect time to get Alice Cooper on board since 'Schools out for Summer!!' and everybody is Dazed and Confused so there is probably going to be a good trade on the horizon. Perhaps maybe a General Lee with a 8 track and a Bag 'o' Tapes with KC and the sunshine band....wait...Alice Cooper

First of all. Great site, Great idea, and great adventures you are on here. Really great fun and amazing to follow your blog.

( I am happy for your new sponsor, Doggysteps.com too ha ha. Yeah who could live without it!)

I have not comment your trades so far. Yet this one makes me nervous. Don t get me wrong. I really do like like Alice Cooper. I am probably the biggest Alice Cooper on this planet, and Vincent Damon Furnier is a true legend in music, all the stuff he invented on the record and on stage. Yet one year in phoenix for one day with a celebrity??? Makes me think:

I guess it is hot in phoenix, like 115 degrees in the summer. So guess one day is better than an year?? So guess you trade might be ok.

Anyway Alice Cooper got to be satisfaction guranteed. He play golf and he is good at it. He is a lving legend in music and on stage, He is an extraordinairy vocalist, one of the best singer ever. He was an alcoholic, he owns a restaurant, he travels the world.Etc Etc. What am I trying to say here??? Oh Yeah! Alice Cooper got personality. He rocks aint that what it is all about???

So I guess, People will come up with something good for this one. And I hope Alice and the person. Will have an awesome and great time. ( Hope to read all about it here. ) Here's an Alice Cooper quote for you: "Disco drove me to drink"

Thanks for all the fun Kyle. Looking forward to follow the next step. Keep up the good work.Way To Go Kyle. God Bless You.

Dude, that's crazy. I checked into your blog just a few minutes ago to see your latest trade. And who did I run into at a Phoenix Safeway a couple hours back as I was leaving and he was coming in, intently pushing his shopping cart?

HEY I HAVE A GERNERAL LEE FOR YA!THough its just a TOY Car, its my favorite and I have had it since i was a KID, though i know it would be a trade down for ya, its still a General Lee, JUst in case you cannot find the General Lee, cause a 69 Charger is hard to come by weather or not it has Gerneal Lee on it, Mabey also would like to Own a Delorean!! OOOOO

Well, this one sure made me have conniptions this morning! I first heard about OneRedPaperClip on the morning news a few days ago. I guess it was about the time of the Yahk trade. I live in BC, so of course Global was all over it. Anyway, I thought it was a great idea! Then I saw the current trade. Oh. My. God. I'll give you an idea of the impact - I was on the SickthingsUK website at the time. Yep, I'm a totally obsessed Alice fan and have been for about thirty-two years. I'm out of luck, though, unless you'd consider trading for a lazy, video game addicted, seventeen year old boy? NO? Oh well, didn't think so. Guess I better keep him anyway. The cat would miss him. ;) Heh heh heh. Good luck!

I wish, wish, wish I had something worthy to trade for that would equal the greatness of Alice Cooper, alas I dont. BUT, I will continue to root you on, and watch your progression to a house. I also vow to tell anyone and everyone I know about your site! Great Idea!! Tish

hi i m from singapore i am 12 years old. i read about u in the kids' newspaper.. u r so lucky to so many things using just a red paper clip.. i think i m going to use a blue paper clip to start trading..

Hey i live in Holland, my mom's american so anyways you're internationally famous there's a big article in the newspaper and here in holland this guy is going to do the same thing only with a box full of paperclips.. People admire your trading abillities...Sorry for the bad spelling i'm only 12....

This is awesome, keep up the good work! If a Belgian d'Watermael (a type of Belgian chicken) somehow ends up in a trade, I'd jump in too. But I don't know who would offer one in exchange for an afternoon with Alice, lol. Some how I can't see a person wanting a chicken that bad unless they were me.

This thing is sooo great. Also, you're on a Mexican newspaper, first page. I didn't know someone could be so famous with such a small idea. Good luck, and I don't think it's gonna be long till you have that house =)

CONGRATS!! I've been following this for a while now, and this is amazing. I can't believe you've got an afternoon with Alice Cooper to give away, that's awesome. I think 5 more trades to the house. It's got to be getting closer.

Hi Kyle. Just caught the tail end of an interview with you on the radio, up here in Thunder Bay, Ontario and had to check out your website right away to find out what exactly it was all about. What a cool idea, I wish I'd heard about you when the trading was for smaller items. Anxiously waiting to see what you get for Alice and when (not if) you get your house.

Hey Kyle congratulations from costa rica .. my name is vicky a big Alice Cooper Fan .. since ten years .. I dream with know the master personally .. and I give you all that you want .. sorry but my english is very bad .. but I give you all really .. I love Alice forever ..

Kyle, it would be great if you got the original red paper clip back to then frame it in the house you finally get. You could have some cool pictures and a short Bio enclosed with the framed paper clip. Now that would be cool, take it easy K.C from Virginia

Wow great job with the "One Red Paperclip" idea. I just recently found this site through www.collegehumor.com, and when I saw you mentioned Cooper'stown, I couldn't help but make a post. I have been to that restaurant several times and I remember Leslie because she was my waitress for one of my visits. She sure does look a lot different without her required makeup (anyone who has been there will know what I mean). I hope you get your house soon Kyle.

ok, so how does one get started with making a trade. I want to do the same thing for myself where I live locally. I have always done bartering but would like to take it to the next level. HELP PLEASE...

An Absolutely Amazing Idea! I found your site from a link on DAILYTOOL.COM. I hope you'll go all the way. If the Alice thing doesn't work out the way you expect, you could get another star to trade him/herself for a day with Alice AND a day with someone from your site. I bet many of them would do it just for the publicity! Can't wait to see what finally happens.

I dont know if all you guys are old, but isnt alice cooper from one of the hair bands in the 80's? Rent for a year in exchange for a day with a has been? I dont know, I think you took a step back!! The house for a year is worth at least $12,000!!!a day with him, thats a thousand (if you guys say he is as cool as some of you think) I dont know..... BUT YOU GOT ME WATCHING LIKE A CRACK HEAD!!! KEEP IT UP!

Went to a high school athletic/scholar banquet here on the Bay Mills Indian Reservation and the keynote speaker used your One Red Paper Clip story in his speech as an inspirition for the kids. Just to show them that dreams do come true, no matter how small or big. Great concept! I do hope your dream comes true. Marcia - Bay Mills, MI

Hi Kyle,I'm reading your book One Red Paperclip and I'm am up to the part where you have an afternoon with Alice Cooper. First of all I thought that the book was fiction, but then I wandered it is written in first person and the main character is Kyle Macdonald and so is the author then I went on to Youtube.com and found out that you are a real guy. Cool. I asked some of my friends if they thought I could trade something for bigger and better things they said that it was impossible to trade a piece of stationary for a house, so I showed them the book and they said that you were fiction (by the way that was also another reason I searched you on Youtube. Do you have any advice??? Please write back.